Gate.



B. F. NEUDEGK.

GATE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1910.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

2 sums-51mm 1 BQ F NE UDECK- GATE.

APPLICATION FILED um. 10, 1910.

2 BHEBTFBHEET 2.

Patented Dec.13,1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN IE. NEUDECK, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR- 0F ONE-HALF TOB. H. WEBER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN 11. NEU- DECK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of lVyandotte and Stateof Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to farm gates of that class susceptible of beingopened and closed through the instrumentality of pull cords by a personbeyond the range or swing of the gate, and my object is to produce aneflicient and reliable gate of this character embodying the desirablefeatures of simplicity, strength, durability and cheapness ofconstruction.

lVith this general object in View and others as hereinafter appear, theinvention consists in certain novel and peculiar features ofconstruction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; andin order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a side view of a gateembodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a top plan view of the hinge end ofthe gate when the same is in opened position. Fig. 3, is a verticalsection of the upper hinge corner of the gate, the adjacent hinge, thehinge post, and lever for effecting the unlatching of the gate and theopening and closing movements of the latter. Fig. 41, is a perspectiveview of the hinge end of the gate. Fig. 5, is a horizontal section ofthe latclrpost and the adjacent or free end of the gate and the latchcarried thereby.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, where like reference charactersindicate corresponding parts in all the figures, 1 is the hinge post and2 the latch post of the gate 3, which may be of the construction shownor of any other suitable or preferred construction.

1 indicates the hinge members of the gate and 5 the hinge memberscarried by post 1, though it is to be understood that the particularmethod of hinging the gate is unimportant.

The latch post is provided with a latch plate 6, Which is provided witha central notch 7 the latch having cam faces 8 which converge forwardlyto said notch in order that either of said faces shall guide the latch 9into the notch, the latch preferably con- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed August 10, 1910.

atented Dec. 13, 1910.

Serial No. 576,556.

sisting of a twisted spring strip secured at its lower end as at 10 tothe gate, the tendency of the latch being to spring forward so that asits upper portion rides over either cam face of the latch plate it willsnap into the notch when opposite the same and thus secure the gate inclosed position.

Pivoted at any suitable point, preferably upon the upper hinge member ofthe hinge post, as shown, is a rock lever .11, and extendingtransversely through the same is a pin 12, to the opposite ends of whichis attached the upper ends of a pair of cables 13, or equivalentflexible devices, which extend divergingly downward and engage sheaves14;, pivotally carried at the opposite ends of a horizontal bar 15secured to the upper part of the hinge post and extending atright anglesto the gate when the latter is closed. From said sheaves the said cablesextend convergingly toward the front end of the gate when the same isclosed, and are secured thereto at 16.

17 is a bar secured to and arranged transversely of the gate near itshinge end, and 18 a pair of bars connecting the outer ends of bar 17with the gate for the purpose of bracing the former, though it. isobvious that it may be secured rigidly in position in any other mannerdesired, and projecting upward from the extremities of bar 17 are pins19, which normally lie between the cables 13 at points intermediate thesheaves 1-1 and the point 16.

Secured to the upper end of lever 11 is a cross bar 20 equipped at eachend with a sheave 21 and extending around said sheaves is a pair of pullcords 22, connected together at 23 to a ltltCll-Ol JOltltlllg cord 21which extends downward at one side of the hinge end of the gate and rear'ard by preference of bar 17, and around a sheave 25 secured to the gateand extends from said sheave to the front end of the gate where it isconnected by a link 26 to the upper end of the latch 9.

From the sheaves 21 the pull cords extend in opposite directionsparallel with the roadway to suitable guide sheaves 27 carried by posts28, the said ends of the pull cords being preferably provided withhandles 29, only one sheave 27, post 28 and handle 25) appearing.

Assuming that the gate is closed as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. and that oneof the handles 29 is grasped and pulled, it will be seen that the latchis withdrawn from the latch plate and that immediately this action takesplace, the pull on the cord is transferred to the gate because the latchwill swing back only a slight distance before it in effect becomes a 4rigid part of the gate. As this occurs, the pull on the cord rocks thelever toward the pulled end of the cord, the result of this action beingto apply a pulling strain at the upper end of the cable 13 at theopposite side of the lever, and therefore cause cable 13 to pull orswing the gate away from the operator, the pin 19 at the'oif side of thegate acting as a fulcrum point for the said cable whereby the leverageof the same 011 the gate is made sufficiently great to permit the gateto be opened with but little exertion on the part of the operator.

The gate swings open to the position shown in. Fig. 2, the other cable13 obviously being paid out by the lever toaccommodate the increaseddistance between the sheave of said other cable and the point 16, itbeing noted by reference to Fig. 2, that as the gate is opened the pin19 at the OE side of the gate swings away from the adjacent cable 13 butthat the companion pin 19 maintains its engagement with and increasesthe deflection of the lower part of the cable at the near side of thegate so that the pull imposed on the upper end of said cable shall beexerted in the most "effective manner to easily close the gate when thepull is applied on the other pull cord as will be readily understood.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced afarm gate possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desirablein the statement of the object of the invention, and I wish it to beunderstood that I reserve the right to make all changes properly fallingwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is Z 1. The combination with a hinged gate,of a lever susceptible of oscillation at right angles to the gate whenclosed, suitable guiding means at opposite sides of the plane of thegate when the same is closed, cables engaging said guiding means andextending convergingly upward therefrom to the le ver and attached tothe same and convergingly downward from said means to the gate andattached thereto forward of the hinge point, a pair of pins movable withand at opposite sides of the gate and standing normally between thefront portions of said cables, one being adapted when the gate is swungopen to deflect one of said pair of cables toward the latch post so thatwhen a pulling strain is' applied on said cable it shall exert a lateralpull on the gate and cause the same through one of said cables to openthe the same.

2. The combination with a hinge post and. a latch post of a gate hingedto the former and provided with a latch engaging the latter, of a leverbearing a pivoted relation to the hinge post and adapted to swing in aplane atright angles to the gate when closed, pull cords for swingingsaid lever in opposite directions, a cord connecting the pull cords withthe latch for effecting the tripping of the same, a pair of cablesattached at their upper ends to the said lever and at the lower ends'tothe gate, guiding means for holding said cables spread widely apartintermediate their ends, and pins at opposite sides of and movable withthe gate, one being adapted when the gate is swung open to deflect oneof said pair of cables toward the latch post so that when a pullingstrain is applied on said cable it shall exert a lateral pull on thegate and easily effect the closure of the same, the other being adaptedto perform the same function for the gate and through the other to closeto be closed from the opposite direction.

3. The combination with a hinge post and a latch post,1of a gate hingedto the former and provided with a latch engaging the latter, of a leverbearing a pivoted relation to the hinge post and adapted to swing in aplane at right angles to the gate when closed, pull cords for swingingsaid lever in opposite directions, a cord connecting the pull cords withthe latch for effecting the tripping of the same, a pair of cablesattached at their upper ends to the said lever and at their lower endsto the gate, a horizontal bar secured to the hinge post and extending atright angles to the gate when closed, sheaves carried by said bar atopposite sides of the post and holding said cables intermediate theirends spread widely apart, and pins at opposite sides of and movable withthe gate, one being adapted when'the gate is swung open to deflect oneof said pair of cables toward the latch post so that when a pullingstrain is applied on said cable it shall exert a lateral pull on thegate and easily effect G. Y. THORPE.

